B: Please tell me your name.(私がいすの方へ進んでいく最中に小さな声だったので聞き取れず、I beg your pardon? と聞き返し、座りながらMy name is xxxxxxxx.とこたえた。ニコニコしていた。座ってくださいとも、荷物をどうしろとも言われなかったので、目配せしてそのまますわった。）A: Can I have your name and where do you live?
My name is XXX. I live in Kinokawa City, Wakayama prefecture.A: Oh I know Wakayama, it is a beautiful place. I went there once.
（と言ってくれたので、うれしくなり）
Have you been to Koyasan? （とたずねる）A: Yes, I went there. It was very nice place. （と言ったのでますますうれしくなり）
Actually I am a volunteer guide for Koyasan.（と言うと二人とも感心してくれたようだった。）A: MY name is YYY. I ask some questions about Japan. What is the climate in Hokkaido and Okinawa?
Well the climate in Hokkaido is very cold in winter. And it snows a lot as it is a subarctic area of Japan. (うなずいてくれたので、次に沖縄の天候になってしまった。ここで６月に梅雨がないのでよい気候であることを言わなかったのが悔やまれる。On the other hand climate in Okinawa is mild or rather warm throughout the year. 夏は特に暑く台風シーズンにはよく被害があることを言えばよかった。A: Can we swim all the year round?
Um. Not in February.（ と言うと納得してくれたようで）A: Thank you for your information.（と言ってくれた。）Then next question. Tell me about Japanese writing system.
Well there are four writing systems for Japanese language. They are Kanji, a Chinese character. It is ideograph and hiragana, a cursive form character, Katakana another writing character which is made by taking a part of Chinese character. （ふむふむとうなずいてくれている）And the last one is Romaji（くびをかしげる）This is English alphabet written for Japanese language. It is useful for those who cannot read Japanese.（というと納得してほほえんでいた）A: Tell me a little more about Hiragana.
Hiragana is made cursive from the whole Chinese character.
(うなずいてくれた）A: Next question is "can we take a hot bath with the bathing suits on?"
Oh. Generally no. However there is a hot spring near a river in the southern tip of Wakayama prefecture. It is a huge hot bath where boys and girls, male and female person could take a bath in the same area with their bathing wear on.と言うと納得してくれ、Thank you for good information.
といってくれた。わかやまへ行ったことがある人だったので和歌山で攻めた。全体的にスムーズに会話がすすみ、また和歌山へ行くよと言ってくれたのでうれしかった。A: That is all for today's test. Thank you very much for good conversation.
I am very happy to be here in Kyoto and I had a great time with both of you. と言って終わった３分か４分ほどの短い時間であっけなかったが、早く終わって安心した。